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MOP.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEMUEL MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,341, dated July 17,1888.

Application filed November l2, 1887.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMUEL MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto whichit appertains to make and use the same.

In the manufacture of mops it is customary to make them of onelong pieceof twisted raw wool, which is alternately folded back and forth and anarrow band sewed across its center at the point where itis to bedoubled over. The breaking of this band permits the mop to fall apart.Mops have also been made of a suitable number of strings or pieces ofyarn having yarn orstrings woven across it at suitable intervalsin itslength, and then cut centrally between the Woven portions, and it isfound that the pieces of yarn pull out from the woven portion. Toobviate these objections and provide a more durable mop is the object ofmy invention; and it consists of the parts and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, Figurel is a plan view, partly in full and partly in dotted lines, of myimproved mop spread out; Fig. 2, aside elevation of the mop, partlybroken away and folded ready for the holder; Fig. 3, an end view of Fig.2; and Fig. 4, a sectional view on the line .r a', Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the manufacture of my improved mop I take ropes A, formed ofyarn-strands twisted, preferably what is known as ten-strand mopyarn,about thirty-two inches in length,l and tie them together at theirmiddles in bunches of six ropes by a cord, B, as clearly shown in Fig.4, there beinga knot between each bunch Serial No. 255,020. (No model.)

of ropes, until a sufficient number of bunches are tied together to forma mat twelve inches wide, the bunches of ropes forming the same beingentirely independent of each other, so that in the case of the breakingof the cord B only the bunch at the point where the cord breaks will beaffected. I then fold it in its center longitudinally, thus leavingitsiX inches in Width, and bring the cord B back about the doubleportion and tie it securely at the opposite edge, as clearly shown inFig. 2, when it is ready to be inserted in the mop-holder. The advantageof folding the mat on itself longitudinally after the ropes are tied inbunches is that a double layer is thus obtained, each of which isindependent of the other, although they` are secured one on the other.The binding together of ropes in bunches of six makes the mop strongerthan if it were woven or a band merely sewed across the middle portionto hold the yarn together, and the pulling out of one rope or stranddoes not injure the mop or draw other portions thereof away with it, asthe ends of the ropes are free or each rope is independent of the othersforming the mop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbefore-described mop, consisting of the twisted yarn -ropestied together in bunches at their middle portion to form a mat ofsuitable Width, each bunch being tied independent of the others, thenfolding said mat longitudinally or in the direction of its length toform a double layer, and the whole securely bound together by a cordpassed around its middle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEMUEL MOORE.

Vitnesses:

JOHN D. PARKER, FEsTUs B. COLE.

